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disguised as deficit reduction plans, it is really an attempt to impose a radical vision on our country. it is thinly vailed social darwinism. our entire history for a land of opportunity for everybody willing to work on it. >> the question of the structures, the term was trojan horse back in the '80s when they were getting the top rate down, it looks like they're doing it again. we're here to help the middle, but really here to help the rich. >> there is one caveat not spelled out in the plan. eliminating loopholes, other people call them deductions for the wealthest americans. >> he hasn't named one of them. >> he hasn't, but he has migrated to a rhetorical open without any specificity. i think people who praise him for courage and honesty should press him harder. and then you can recalculate the tables and find there is a progressive proguess -- >> lower the rates for the rich, increase the federal deficit, increase the debt down the road, and claim you're going to plug the loopholes without saying what loopholes which means they will never be plugged. we'll have bigger debt and more
disguised as deficit reduction plans, it is really an attempt to impose a radical vision on our country. it is thinly vailed social darwinism. our entire history for a land of opportunity for everybody willing to work on it. >> the question of the structures, the term was trojan horse back in the '80s when they were getting the top rate down, it looks like they're doing it again. we're here to help the middle, but really here to help the rich. >> there is one caveat not spelled out...
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the 2013 federal budget expected to result in a $900 billion deficit. >>> all right. enough of the real news. let's huddle around the water cooler to see how john stewart worked through the denver debate. >> there is no red america! there is no blue america! there is only the america that can't believe how bad this guy did in the debate. obama lost despite mitt romney doing this. >> i'm sorry, jim. i'm going to stop the subsidy to pbs. i'm going to stop other things. i like pbs. i like big bird. i actually like you too. i'm not going to keep on spending money on things to borrow from china to pay for it. >> mother [ bleep ] fired big bird! romney could have water boarded aladdin, put down blue, deported dora the explorer, and still won walking away. romney won with the sound up. >> you're entitled, as a president, to your own airplane and house, but not to your own facts. >> romney won with the sound off. dude, he's yelling at you. look up! look up! what are you looking at? what are you writing that's so important? what are you doing? oh, that's nice. i didn't realize
the 2013 federal budget expected to result in a $900 billion deficit. >>> all right. enough of the real news. let's huddle around the water cooler to see how john stewart worked through the denver debate. >> there is no red america! there is no blue america! there is only the america that can't believe how bad this guy did in the debate. obama lost despite mitt romney doing this. >> i'm sorry, jim. i'm going to stop the subsidy to pbs. i'm going to stop other things. i like...
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. >> we should have a goal in terms of how much deficit reduction. we should have a deadline before christmas. we should show some milestones of success so that confidence can build. >> we're prepared to put revenue on the table provided we fix the real problem. >> the real problem. you got that? mcconditional is all the tree stump on the lawn when you're trying to cut it. this afternoon the president held his fourth and final meetings with stakeholders, civic leaders and meshs of civic leaders. mark morel is president of the you are began league and aaron smith is co-funder of a group called noninvincibles dedicated to ensuring that young people's perspectives are accounted for in policy and economic opportunity, education, and health care issues. thank you both. i want to start with mayor morel. what can we do about this debt problem? it's growing. do you accept the fact it's a serious threat to our country? >> yeah. the deficit is a serious threat. we need a lone-term fiscal plan, not a short-term fix. the idea is there has to be shared sacrifice
. >> we should have a goal in terms of how much deficit reduction. we should have a deadline before christmas. we should show some milestones of success so that confidence can build. >> we're prepared to put revenue on the table provided we fix the real problem. >> the real problem. you got that? mcconditional is all the tree stump on the lawn when you're trying to cut it. this afternoon the president held his fourth and final meetings with stakeholders, civic leaders and...
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>> the president had a deficit in the polls after the first debate, but he's mopped that up and he's been on a role ever since. the polls are close right now. no question about it. you can find any poll to fit your fancy, but i believe it's going to come down to this. to the social media, people being motivated, connected. people in communities knowing they want the leadership. >> we have talked about that. you were making an emotional decision. what does this election really mean to me and in the state of ohio, that's what it's going to come down to. it could be a real fi areas ko, but it's going to be the ten nasty. once you get people there, they're going to want to be there and want to stay there. >> romney has momentum and enthusiasm. last night, even having a fireworks display there in virginia. first read says it's going to be about the turnout and racial co composition. the ground game in this, the democrats have always talked about the strong ground game they have. almost microsurgical ground game. is it all about ohio? >> well, ohio obviously plays a huge part in this whole
>> the president had a deficit in the polls after the first debate, but he's mopped that up and he's been on a role ever since. the polls are close right now. no question about it. you can find any poll to fit your fancy, but i believe it's going to come down to this. to the social media, people being motivated, connected. people in communities knowing they want the leadership. >> we have talked about that. you were making an emotional decision. what does this election really mean...
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>> he didn't get religion to deficits until a democrat became president. look, i think if he had to do it over again he would have been -- much more fiscally conservative. there's huge regret among a lot of republicans about the spending during the bush years. there's no question that his record on spending is mixed given the fact he did walk the line, as they say in congress, on a lot of those tough votes during the bush years. >> that's what -- the tea party people are -- lot of them don't like. they don't like people that just do the party business. >> and -- that -- tea party crowd is as upset with president bush as they were. keep in mind tea party started with t.a.r.p. in the fall of '08 when bush was still president. that's what started this movement was the spending and -- began under bush. >> let me talk to you -- my daughter worked for the simpson bowles. i was than for it at the time but looking back i think that could have been a smart move for the president. saying it is not my budget but a compromised budget. paul ryan wouldn't be for it. he
>> he didn't get religion to deficits until a democrat became president. look, i think if he had to do it over again he would have been -- much more fiscally conservative. there's huge regret among a lot of republicans about the spending during the bush years. there's no question that his record on spending is mixed given the fact he did walk the line, as they say in congress, on a lot of those tough votes during the bush years. >> that's what -- the tea party people are -- lot of...
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you know, we've got investments to make, a deficit to close. so what the vice president was saying is that the bush tax -- we want to continue middle class tax cuts. the republicans want to hold them hostage so we continue tax cuts for the wealthy. that is a fundamental difference. by the way with today's economic news we should continue to make progress. one thing we can do right away is pass a middle class tax cut so that, you know, 98% of the american people will have the confidence that their taxes won't go up next year. very important for consumer confidence. very important for our economy. and, you know, governor romney ought to tell his running mate paul ryan to call up the house republican leadership of what he is a member and get this done. so that we can give security and a guarantee to the middle class of this country and our economy that taxes aren't going to go up next year. >> do you believe the fundamentals of this campaign have changed from wednesday morning to today? >> i don't think so, chuck. obviously though we'll be able to
you know, we've got investments to make, a deficit to close. so what the vice president was saying is that the bush tax -- we want to continue middle class tax cuts. the republicans want to hold them hostage so we continue tax cuts for the wealthy. that is a fundamental difference. by the way with today's economic news we should continue to make progress. one thing we can do right away is pass a middle class tax cut so that, you know, 98% of the american people will have the confidence that...
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he's increased the deficit a trillion dollars a year. so let's start with the failures of this administration. mitt romney has said look, we've got to cut spending, we're broke, we've overpromised, we've overspent -- >> but sir -- >> and -- >> governor, where would he cut the spending. >> let's trust him on that. >> you cut a lot of domestic -- we've already got a plan to cut a trillion -- $1.2 trillion. half of it is balanced on defense spending in a time of war. that's a mistake. and so i think we need to cut trillions of dollars in order to get our budget balanced. and you could start with cutting two or three or 4% almost across the board some of the things that other governors have done, by i think you target it in those areas where the spending has not produced tangible results in the quality of life for the people. i can just tell you, andrea, i did it in virginia, governors like christie and scott and kasic and walker have done it in all of their states, mitt romney did it when he was governor of massachusetts, $3.5 billion defic
he's increased the deficit a trillion dollars a year. so let's start with the failures of this administration. mitt romney has said look, we've got to cut spending, we're broke, we've overpromised, we've overspent -- >> but sir -- >> and -- >> governor, where would he cut the spending. >> let's trust him on that. >> you cut a lot of domestic -- we've already got a plan to cut a trillion -- $1.2 trillion. half of it is balanced on defense spending in a time of war....
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you want to do this with the deficit. i want to do that. it's like the reason i want to do this is because i have a different set of values than republicans. >> what are those values? spell them out. >> using government as a communal progressive force to protect the safety net and to come together and invest in innovation, education, infrastructure. we're in it together. versus the ryan budget, which used as a stand-in first republican nominee, which says we're on it alone, get rid of government and give you a voucher, find medicare on your own. here comes romney and he sort of fits the mold. he's a 1 percenter. he shows no empathy, even before the 47%. >> a pure market guy. >> they use bain, from the beginning, as cynthia noted, as a value. he's out there making money. i'm thinking of wider ames and goals. >> a new bloomberg goal that has president obama leading mitt romney by six points nationally. for one big reason, half of the polls say they have an unfavorable view of mitt romney. bloomberg reports, this is a september high for a pres
you want to do this with the deficit. i want to do that. it's like the reason i want to do this is because i have a different set of values than republicans. >> what are those values? spell them out. >> using government as a communal progressive force to protect the safety net and to come together and invest in innovation, education, infrastructure. we're in it together. versus the ryan budget, which used as a stand-in first republican nominee, which says we're on it alone, get rid...
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he put out a plan for ten dwreerz years to reduce the deficit. he's got a jobs bill sit in congress helping create 2 million jobs and the president's ready to act. the last thing the senate did before it left was to kill the senators on the republican side killed the bill to provide job opportunities for veterans, returning from iraq and afghanistan. so it's difficult to hear some of the claims because the president's been trying to push the jobs agenda for four years and it's tough when republicans have put obstacles up to getting the bills passed. >> why didn't the president fully embrace simpson-bowles when he had the opportunity? he patteded them on the back and said thank you. >> he took much of what was in simpson bowls and create ten-year $4 trillion reduction plan much of what you saw in simpson-bowles -- >> he missed the moment. there was a moment when something might have been accomplished. >> remember, he said, i'm going to take the idea of reducing the deficit by $4 trillion and show you what i would do and he presented that and he ga
he put out a plan for ten dwreerz years to reduce the deficit. he's got a jobs bill sit in congress helping create 2 million jobs and the president's ready to act. the last thing the senate did before it left was to kill the senators on the republican side killed the bill to provide job opportunities for veterans, returning from iraq and afghanistan. so it's difficult to hear some of the claims because the president's been trying to push the jobs agenda for four years and it's tough when...
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. >> we should have a goal in terms of how much deficit reduction. we should have a deadline before christmas. we should show some milestones of success so that confidence can build. >> we're prepared to put revenue on the table provided we fix the real problem. >> the real problem. you got that? mcconnell is always the tree stump on the lawn when you're trying to cut it. this afternoon the president held his fourth and final meetings with stakeholders, civic leaders, and members of civic organizations. marc morial is president of the urban league, he was at the afternoon meeting as was aaron smith is cofounder of a group called young invincibles dedicated to ensuring that young people's perspectives are accounted for in policy and economic opportunity, education, and health care issues. thank you both. i want to start with mark more yell. what can we do about this debt problem? it's growing. do you accept the fact it's a serious threat to our country? >> yeah. the deficit is a serious threat. we need a long-term fiscal plan, not a short-term fix. th
. >> we should have a goal in terms of how much deficit reduction. we should have a deadline before christmas. we should show some milestones of success so that confidence can build. >> we're prepared to put revenue on the table provided we fix the real problem. >> the real problem. you got that? mcconnell is always the tree stump on the lawn when you're trying to cut it. this afternoon the president held his fourth and final meetings with stakeholders, civic leaders, and...
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i asked more questions like why was it with a trillion dollar deficit, he found it in his -- in his heart to put $90 billion into green energy companies that in many cases were contributors to his campaign. at least the owners of those businesses were. and why was it with what he had promised during his campaign, that health insurance premiums he would bring down by $2,500 a year, instead they went up by $2,500 a year. you know, i know we've heard his answers over the campaign. had he says look you can't fix washington from the inside, only do it from the outside. we're going to give him that chance, all right. >> that was mitt romney at a rally in richmond, virginia, karen finney some sharp words. >> not unexpected. >> not unexpected at all. >> i'll start first with benghazi, which we didn't talk about earlier and which we will talk about now. mitt romney clearly sees an opening here, foreign policy wise to hit the president. said that president is doubling down on denial in his remarks just a moment ago. let's talk about how the vice president handled that last night. let's play actuall
i asked more questions like why was it with a trillion dollar deficit, he found it in his -- in his heart to put $90 billion into green energy companies that in many cases were contributors to his campaign. at least the owners of those businesses were. and why was it with what he had promised during his campaign, that health insurance premiums he would bring down by $2,500 a year, instead they went up by $2,500 a year. you know, i know we've heard his answers over the campaign. had he says look...
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he has this reputation for being a deficit hawk. as joe biden said he voted for the wars, for the new medicare -- >> the prescription drug benefit. >> he voted -- >> the bush tax cuts. >> the bush tax cuts, all of the bush budgets. he voted for a bush stimulus. in addition to voting against obama stimulus but asking for money, he voted for bush stimulus and he described it in his speeches. he was a kecanesian. he's never been forced to be consistent and yet he's hailed as this great economist, this great numbers thinker. >> michael, ryan still had no answer, as joan said shall as to how he'd pay for a 20% across the board tax cut. martha raddatz asked at least twice. mike, have you ever heard a politician make such a promise to the electorate yet not even try, not even attempt to provide one detail when asked? >> well, here is what the campaign will say and here is what ryan wasn't saying explicitly on that stage because it's a hard thing to argue. it's that they believe that if you give this sort of tax cut, there will be economic
he has this reputation for being a deficit hawk. as joe biden said he voted for the wars, for the new medicare -- >> the prescription drug benefit. >> he voted -- >> the bush tax cuts. >> the bush tax cuts, all of the bush budgets. he voted for a bush stimulus. in addition to voting against obama stimulus but asking for money, he voted for bush stimulus and he described it in his speeches. he was a kecanesian. he's never been forced to be consistent and yet he's hailed...
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he's turned a 2% deficit to an edge. florida, a one-point race before is still a one-point race. president up 48-47. before the debate, the president led 47-46. in ohio, the president maintains a shrinking but substantial lead. he has a six-point advantage, leading romney 51-45. the big difference, early voting. there in ohio, nearly one in five respondents tell us they've already voted. and if those who have voted, almost two-thirds have voted for president obama. and did the first debate sway any voters? the vast majority tell us they made up their minds before the debate. joining me now, lee, director of the marist poll. that's what i want to start off with. i thought it was remarkable that we're talking single digits here, 7% in florida, 7%, 6%, in these three states that said the debates mattered. among that small sliver of people, they all favored romney for those that say debates mattered. >> this is what we've been saying throughout the campaign. this electorate who picked sides early, the undecided has been low, those firmly committed to a candidate has been very high. a
he's turned a 2% deficit to an edge. florida, a one-point race before is still a one-point race. president up 48-47. before the debate, the president led 47-46. in ohio, the president maintains a shrinking but substantial lead. he has a six-point advantage, leading romney 51-45. the big difference, early voting. there in ohio, nearly one in five respondents tell us they've already voted. and if those who have voted, almost two-thirds have voted for president obama. and did the first debate sway...
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it actually increases the deficit in the long run, at least for states and local governments. and it takes the healthiest people, the youngest old, if you will, out of the medicare pool and leaves the medicare pool with the sickest, oldest old. i mean, it's absolutely crazy policy and really mean. >> respond to that. isn't she right on the merits that you don't save anything when you force people to stay away from the hospital or doctor for a couple years? >> i completely agree with what joan said. if i had my druthers we would lower the eligibility rate because medicare is a more efficient program than the private sector. here's another thing that i think should, i guess, sweeten the deal is one way to put it for progressives and i think it's important for the economy. let's also include a couple measures of jobs programs in a temporary 2013 measures to help -- to take advantage of some of this momentum we already have in our economy. fiscal relief to states, maybe something off the payroll tax holiday, maybe something on the unemployment insurance. you know, that's another w
it actually increases the deficit in the long run, at least for states and local governments. and it takes the healthiest people, the youngest old, if you will, out of the medicare pool and leaves the medicare pool with the sickest, oldest old. i mean, it's absolutely crazy policy and really mean. >> respond to that. isn't she right on the merits that you don't save anything when you force people to stay away from the hospital or doctor for a couple years? >> i completely agree with...
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the first team in major league history to come back from a deficit by winning three consecutive games on the road. it's what san francisco did to win this series. they haven't won a home playoff game in 17 years. the front page of the san francisco chronicle showing san francisco celebrating. they move on to get the winner of the nats/cardinal playoff game. hammel going against cc sabathia and then the nationals and the cardinals. washington likes their chances with him on the mound. nfl, thursday night football, steelers on the road in music city. taking on the titans. first quarter, purposing from 22. it's not good. titans eventually recovered near the goal line. it led to a tennessee touchdown. four seconds left. score tied at 23. good from 40 yards out. the party is on in nashville. titans win the section of the season. steelers drop to 2-3 losing their third consecutive. >>> coming up at the top of the hour, joe biden and paul ryan get together for their one and only debate serving as proxies for the president and mitt romney. how did ryan do? we'll knock that around with our "mo
the first team in major league history to come back from a deficit by winning three consecutive games on the road. it's what san francisco did to win this series. they haven't won a home playoff game in 17 years. the front page of the san francisco chronicle showing san francisco celebrating. they move on to get the winner of the nats/cardinal playoff game. hammel going against cc sabathia and then the nationals and the cardinals. washington likes their chances with him on the mound. nfl,...
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seen the job growth we need, we haven't seen the type of -- and we've seen trillions of dollars in deficits from this president. so governor romney put out early on in this campaign put out a 59-point plan a comprehensive plan to put america back to work. i think tonight's going to be another opportunity to talk about a number of these issue silos important to americans when they look at essentially all the cost pressures they have in their household. first is the tax reform. fundamental tax reform across the board which is going to help americans put more money in their pockets for those middle class americans that do a lot of the spending in this country and i think they need it the most. >> will governor romney explain? >> on issues like health care, those are also issues that the governor will address comprehensively and talk about the specifics of how it would help households keep more money and going to help grow the entire economy. >> kevin, excuse me, sorry, didn't mean to interrupt you. >> no worries, sorry. >> will governor romney tomorrow night in denver explain exactly which ded
seen the job growth we need, we haven't seen the type of -- and we've seen trillions of dollars in deficits from this president. so governor romney put out early on in this campaign put out a 59-point plan a comprehensive plan to put america back to work. i think tonight's going to be another opportunity to talk about a number of these issue silos important to americans when they look at essentially all the cost pressures they have in their household. first is the tax reform. fundamental tax...
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if they talk about the tax thing too much in the context of deficit reduction, it doesn't help them because that's not the president's strongest turf. >> i know i ask you all of the great questions because you're a great reporter. it sounds like you're saying that the vice president will not go for the kill. he won't nail them on the 47%, nail them on vouchers, nail him on the emergency rooms. will he do that? >> no. look, i had an adviser tell me -- am i going to hear the number 47 and they wouldn't 100% commit to it but they said i would be shocked if you didn't hear the number 47 tonight and 47. but no, no, no, biden's job is to throw -- as somebody said red meat earlier. it's called blue meat if it's for the blue meat. fine. it is supposed to be blue meat. this is a way of going after -- trying to draw the brighter lines with ryan. also fires up the democratic base. remember, that is an issue here after this first debate, which is a demoralizing feeling. biden's job is to fix that tonight. >> he wants to be a cheerleader for the team, he wants to attack him with blue meat or whatever we
if they talk about the tax thing too much in the context of deficit reduction, it doesn't help them because that's not the president's strongest turf. >> i know i ask you all of the great questions because you're a great reporter. it sounds like you're saying that the vice president will not go for the kill. he won't nail them on the 47%, nail them on vouchers, nail him on the emergency rooms. will he do that? >> no. look, i had an adviser tell me -- am i going to hear the number 47...
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but it would add to the deficit. >> here's your guy newt gingrich going at it. here he is jumping on it. >> the only way that you fix the price of this is by dramatically expanding supply. this is real. this isn't a theory. it's not a fantasy. it's not a fund-raiser in san francisco. it is the way the american people fill their cars, fill their trucks. they deserve a president who pays attention to reality and tries to help them with reality. >> isn't he sweet of the guy saying that. isn't he a sweetheart? by the way, there's a job for him. i used to pump gas. it's a good pastime. you get a tan and meet a lot of people. maybe that's what he should be doing instead of wasting our time running for president. >> he will be doing something come november. >> pumping gas. go to jersey. you have to. you aren't allowed to pump it yourself up there. you're laughing, aren't you? >> what's a president do? what's your party saying? >> i think the president's position is absurd. he's talking about the strategic reserve. he's talking about -- >> i was actually talking about t
but it would add to the deficit. >> here's your guy newt gingrich going at it. here he is jumping on it. >> the only way that you fix the price of this is by dramatically expanding supply. this is real. this isn't a theory. it's not a fantasy. it's not a fund-raiser in san francisco. it is the way the american people fill their cars, fill their trucks. they deserve a president who pays attention to reality and tries to help them with reality. >> isn't he sweet of the guy...
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numbers, even if you believe them, the fact they won't raise a dollar in taxes means in order to cut the deficit, they need to take that money, because they don't want to touch social security, they don't want to touch defense, they need to take that money mostly from programs that go to low income americans. >> alicia, should the president challenge on his and ryan's specific budgets and his tax cut plans? >> i think he has to. i think it's the biggest contrast in this election. it's the -- it's the basic choice that is framing this entire election. and i think, unfortunately, many americans are unfamiliar with the details that ezra just laid out. so, if the president can quickly, swiftly articulate his own budget, the ryan budget, the romney budget, the tice between them, i think that will be a major selling point, particularly with middle class voters who would be hardest hit by romney/ryan tax plans. >> alicia, we've seen a more clear contrast in two candidates' positions in women's rights and roe versus wade. and we are looking at the fact that governor romney, when questioned about his fav
numbers, even if you believe them, the fact they won't raise a dollar in taxes means in order to cut the deficit, they need to take that money, because they don't want to touch social security, they don't want to touch defense, they need to take that money mostly from programs that go to low income americans. >> alicia, should the president challenge on his and ryan's specific budgets and his tax cut plans? >> i think he has to. i think it's the biggest contrast in this election....
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mystery when 60% at least of the american people think that's an appropriate way to help balance the deficit. >> now, speaker boehner keeps telling us that he's put revenues on the table in form of closing loopholes, but democrats have not offered anything in terms of those earned entitlements. now, i know you said earlier that these are not connected issues, but are you and your colleagues willing to give any ground in terms of cuts, say, to medicare, medicaid, or social security or something? >> you know, this is somewhat laughable because, again, the republicans spent the entire campaign talking about how democrats slashed $716 billion from medicare and governor romney said i'm not going to take that money out of medicare. now they're demanding we take money out of the medicare. this is another example where their message keeps changing. it's not consistent and they're just relying on the same amnesia of the american people to let them get away with it. >> very briefly, sir. do we think there will be a deal or will we hit the cliff and go over it 1234. >> i'm getting more and more pessimi
mystery when 60% at least of the american people think that's an appropriate way to help balance the deficit. >> now, speaker boehner keeps telling us that he's put revenues on the table in form of closing loopholes, but democrats have not offered anything in terms of those earned entitlements. now, i know you said earlier that these are not connected issues, but are you and your colleagues willing to give any ground in terms of cuts, say, to medicare, medicaid, or social security or...
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polling after the debate, take a look, romney polling even with the president, erasing a five-point deficit. but then friday's strong jobs report could turn that around. i'm joined now by gallup poll editor in chief frank newport. frank, good to see you. good morning. >> good morning! >> okay, so, let me know what you think. how's the race shaping up? how much have we seen? how much have you been able to poll up to this point? >> boy, we're studying the numbers. in fact, we're just looking at the numbers from last night, which we're adding to our rolling average which we will report out at 1:00 today at gallup.com. our view of the race is that romney definitely got a significant boost on thursday and friday of last week. and by the way, that's probably what was picked up for the most part in that pew poll that was discussed. >> okay. >> but when we monitor our data from saturday and sunday, and now just looking at the numbers from last night, obama is picking back up again. so, we think that that continuation of a huge move by romney is not in the data. so, overall, we would say it's lookin
polling after the debate, take a look, romney polling even with the president, erasing a five-point deficit. but then friday's strong jobs report could turn that around. i'm joined now by gallup poll editor in chief frank newport. frank, good to see you. good morning. >> good morning! >> okay, so, let me know what you think. how's the race shaping up? how much have we seen? how much have you been able to poll up to this point? >> boy, we're studying the numbers. in fact, we're...
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>> here's paul ryan criticizing the stimulus package, how terrible it was, deepening the deficit. then he makes personal requests for his own congressional district. that's a matter of record. i don't think paul ryan looked very good at the end of the day. he believed that stimulus plan was going to create jobs. that's exactly what it did. >> senator, this is ed. i don't know if pressure is the right word or not, but joe biden went in to this debate tonight. he had to accomplish something that maybe wasn't done in last week's debate. you being a veteran of the senate, i know you've known joe for a long time. was there any doubt in your mind that he was going to come out and clear the plate tonight for the middle class? >> no, there wasn't. i didn't want to trump it ahead of time and say it's going to be a great debate for joe biden. you play down a little bit or don't get carried away. i knew when he gave him this assignment and said, joe, you're going to carry this flag into battle, he couldn't wait to get prepared for it. he did great. what's interesting, the republicans around
>> here's paul ryan criticizing the stimulus package, how terrible it was, deepening the deficit. then he makes personal requests for his own congressional district. that's a matter of record. i don't think paul ryan looked very good at the end of the day. he believed that stimulus plan was going to create jobs. that's exactly what it did. >> senator, this is ed. i don't know if pressure is the right word or not, but joe biden went in to this debate tonight. he had to accomplish...
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using political mechanisms to hold republicans accountable and move them towards a policy that creates deficit reduction that is big and bold and balanced and fair for the class of seniors. >> can you accept any deal that ends up changing the eligibility rules on medicare and changing the way the cost of living increases are calculated for social security and perhaps raises the age on medicare eligibility? are you remotely open to any of those ideas? >> i have a hard time with that. republicans are not remotely open to stocking entitlement programs for oil companies. why is it they continue to insist on raising the eligibility age for medicare and at the same time continue to refuse to even have a conversation on the $40 billion in subsidies that we give the richest oil companies on earth when they are about to produce more oil than saudi arabia. we always said we will negotiate in strengthening and improving medicare and expanding medicare. >> do you believe it costs too much money? you have to figure out a way to cost the country less? >> yes. that's what we are doing in the affordable care
using political mechanisms to hold republicans accountable and move them towards a policy that creates deficit reduction that is big and bold and balanced and fair for the class of seniors. >> can you accept any deal that ends up changing the eligibility rules on medicare and changing the way the cost of living increases are calculated for social security and perhaps raises the age on medicare eligibility? are you remotely open to any of those ideas? >> i have a hard time with that....
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look, we have no choice whether we pay down our deficit. but we do have a choice about how we pay down our deficit. we do have a choice about what we can do without and where our priorities lie. i don't believe that giving someone like me a $250,000 tax cut is more valuable to our future than hiring transformative teachers or provide financial aid to the children of a middle class family. i don't believe that tax cut is more likely to create jobs than providing loans to new entrepreneurs or tax credits to small business owners who hire veterans. i don't believe it's more likely to spur economic growth than investments in clean energy technology and medical research or in new roads and bridges and runways. i don't believe that giving someone like mr. romney another huge tax cut is worth ending the guarantee of basic security we've always provided the elderly and the sick and those who are actively looking for work. those things don't make our economy weak. what makes our economy weak is when fewer and fewer people can afford to buy the goods
look, we have no choice whether we pay down our deficit. but we do have a choice about how we pay down our deficit. we do have a choice about what we can do without and where our priorities lie. i don't believe that giving someone like me a $250,000 tax cut is more valuable to our future than hiring transformative teachers or provide financial aid to the children of a middle class family. i don't believe that tax cut is more likely to create jobs than providing loans to new entrepreneurs or tax...
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the deficit will be over $200 billion smaller than it was last year when the deficit was already smaller than the one the president inherited. barack obama turns out to be a reducer of the deficit. but he gets zero credit for this in the press or it turns out with voters. joining us is the man who was supposed to stop problems like that from happening. senior adviser robert gibbs. thank you for being here tonight. >> thank you for having me. >> am i blaming you unfairly? >> i think that was quite an intro. i do think you make a series of great points. we forget that before barack obama ever walked into the oval office, president bush had spent a trillion dollars that year. they want to blame -- it's funny. you listen to them talk about it and you forget that that was all under their watch. and so many of the policies that we're trying to unwind right now, we ended the war in afghanistan. we had to put more troops in afghanistan, now we're in the process of bringing more troops home. the bush tax cuts a lot of things that we're having to continue to pay for that are really the result of h
the deficit will be over $200 billion smaller than it was last year when the deficit was already smaller than the one the president inherited. barack obama turns out to be a reducer of the deficit. but he gets zero credit for this in the press or it turns out with voters. joining us is the man who was supposed to stop problems like that from happening. senior adviser robert gibbs. thank you for being here tonight. >> thank you for having me. >> am i blaming you unfairly? >> i...
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because according to experts, he'd have to raise taxes on the middle class - or increase the deficit to pay for it. if we can't trust him here... how could we ever trust him here? if we want to improve our schools... ...what should we invest in? maybe new buildings? what about updated equipment? they can help, but recent research shows... ...nothing transforms schools like investing in advanced teacher education. let's build a strong foundation. let's invest in our teachers so they can inspire our students. let's solve this. >>> in june of last year, bloomberg news polled americans on their views of various republican political figures across the country. they found that the single most unpopular republican in america at that time, last summer, was former alaska governor sarah palin. the second most unpopular republican was former house speaker newt gingrich. and rounding out the top three, the republican with the third worst net favorability rating in the entire country, was a back bench congressman from wisconsin named paul ryan. paul ryan at that point had never run for national o
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it will help us close our deficit. if republicans in congress were truly concerned with deficits and debt, then i'm assuming that they wouldn't have proposed to spend an additional 1$1.3 trillion on tax cuts. they want to go in the opposite direction. they want to double down on some of the inequities that already exist in the tax code. if we're going to keep giving someone like me and people in this room, tax breaks that we don't need or afford, one or two things happen. either you got to borrow more money to pay down a deeper deficit or you've got to demand deeper sacrifices from the middle class and you've got to cut investments that help us grow as an economy. you got to tell seniors to pay more for their medicare. you'll have to tell that working family that scrape and buy they'll have to do more because the wealthiest of americans are doing less. and that's not right. the middle class has seen enough of its security erode over the past few decades that we shouldn't let that happen. we're not going to stop buildin
it will help us close our deficit. if republicans in congress were truly concerned with deficits and debt, then i'm assuming that they wouldn't have proposed to spend an additional 1$1.3 trillion on tax cuts. they want to go in the opposite direction. they want to double down on some of the inequities that already exist in the tax code. if we're going to keep giving someone like me and people in this room, tax breaks that we don't need or afford, one or two things happen. either you got to...
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that whole deficit ceiling thing come up before the election if things do not improve. it has to nationally get this too. >> i want to talk about romney beyond the economic message, the message in general and how he delivers it. we have been talking about grits in the early morning. he has been doubling down in a bid to get southern support. let's listen to what he said this morning in jackson. >> governor said i had to say it right, morning y'all. i got started right with cheesy grits. >> you wrote a book on him has he as been that way? yesterday this was a bad idea and today it's a worse idea. >> we should be fair and say that a lot of politicians do it. >> he is remarkably bad. >> a lot of them try it, i do not think he is trying to look too good there. but he does not need to win the whole south this year. he needs to win a fru -- few districts to get to the end. can the gop nominee get anywhere without having the south behind him? >> he will have the south. >> right, is alabama going for barack obama. >> the question is north carolina going to go for obama. >> he i
that whole deficit ceiling thing come up before the election if things do not improve. it has to nationally get this too. >> i want to talk about romney beyond the economic message, the message in general and how he delivers it. we have been talking about grits in the early morning. he has been doubling down in a bid to get southern support. let's listen to what he said this morning in jackson. >> governor said i had to say it right, morning y'all. i got started right with cheesy...
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there is still a deficit, a pretty big one, that's coming out of this. i want to bring in pennsylvania congresswoman allison schwartz. she is a member of the house budget committee. she joins me now from capitol hill. good morning. it's good to see you, congresswoman. >> good morning. >> look, here's what he says. he says we need to absorb the fat from the influx of retirees and the cost of insuring them. he says unless we do this, all of these entitlement programs are going to go belly up. what do you make of his plan? what is the democrats' response? >> look, it's really very, very clear that what the republican plan put forward by paul ryan does yet again this year as they tried to do last year is three things. well, it does many things, but i'll just mention three. it ends medicare as we know it. we'll talk more about that, i'm sure. it actually shifts the burden, the tax burden, from the wealthiest americans to middle class americans, and it increases the tax burden on the middle class. not a good thing, we believe, and it does nothing to grow the e
there is still a deficit, a pretty big one, that's coming out of this. i want to bring in pennsylvania congresswoman allison schwartz. she is a member of the house budget committee. she joins me now from capitol hill. good morning. it's good to see you, congresswoman. >> good morning. >> look, here's what he says. he says we need to absorb the fat from the influx of retirees and the cost of insuring them. he says unless we do this, all of these entitlement programs are going to go...
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we'd still have a $3 billion deficit. you see, there are not enough rich people and small businesses to tax to pay for all their spending. and so the next time you hear them say, don't worry about it, we'll get a few wealthy people to pay their fair share, watch out middle class, the tax bill is coming to you. >> so, al -- what do you think, mika? >> al, go ahead. >> you laughed at that line. a lot of people thought that was a strong line. >> okay. it was ridiculous. >> it's actually ridiculous -- both sides are being ridiculous on this because neither one is going to balance the budget. this is the biggest failure in the campaign on both sides is that neither side has made any significant attempt to balance the budget and it's outrageously stupid and what the president is doing is inadequate. >> when we come back, ed gillespie joins us live from kentucky. and then joe cline. and don't miss the weekend review. first, bill karins has the weekend forecast. >> this is a lot of time where people have their plans, whether you'
we'd still have a $3 billion deficit. you see, there are not enough rich people and small businesses to tax to pay for all their spending. and so the next time you hear them say, don't worry about it, we'll get a few wealthy people to pay their fair share, watch out middle class, the tax bill is coming to you. >> so, al -- what do you think, mika? >> al, go ahead. >> you laughed at that line. a lot of people thought that was a strong line. >> okay. it was ridiculous....
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next year's deficit will almost be $1 trillion. the white house is bragging about a broken promise. deficit reduction may be besides the point, and he is laying out a document paid for with tax increases on the rich against the deep-spending cuts that will be the heart of the republican parties program, rebuilding versus austerity. why should not the austerity be a centerpiece of what the united states government is about these days, given how high the budget deficit is, and how much economic uncertainty that fiscal insanity contributes? >> david, i think that there's pretty broad agreements that the time for austerity is not today. we need to be on the path where over the next several years we bring the deficit under control. right now if we were to put in austerity measures right now it would take america in the wrong way. "the new york times" for example argued that 2012, 2013 is not the time for austerity. the challenge is how do you do two things at the same time? how do you put money forward for things like getting a jump-sta
next year's deficit will almost be $1 trillion. the white house is bragging about a broken promise. deficit reduction may be besides the point, and he is laying out a document paid for with tax increases on the rich against the deep-spending cuts that will be the heart of the republican parties program, rebuilding versus austerity. why should not the austerity be a centerpiece of what the united states government is about these days, given how high the budget deficit is, and how much economic...
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this is not going to blow up the deficit. this is not going to be a greater expense to america's budget. this is going to bringç down costs. that's exactly what the congressional budget office, the nonpartisan investigative arm of the congress for budgeting has stated time and time again. this is why the mandate being upheld was so important because if they didn't do that they wouldn't be able to score the bill. they scored the bill that's going to save this country billions of dollars. i don't think mitt romney got the memo. that's a great talking point. the next thing mitt romney signaled to us, this has become the focal point of his campaign. he thinks he's been handed the golden turkey to carve up day after day. i think we're going to hear a lot about health care in this country. we're going to reinvigor the debate on both sides. i can't wait for the first debate. but, you know, he says that it's going to put the government between the doctor and patient? no. this health care bill brings the patient and the doctor toget
this is not going to blow up the deficit. this is not going to be a greater expense to america's budget. this is going to bringç down costs. that's exactly what the congressional budget office, the nonpartisan investigative arm of the congress for budgeting has stated time and time again. this is why the mandate being upheld was so important because if they didn't do that they wouldn't be able to score the bill. they scored the bill that's going to save this country billions of dollars. i...
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there we have structural budget deficits, the kind of budget deficits that grow when they should be shrinking when the economy is expanding, and it's exactly -- at a time like this, you actually want your deficits to be large enough to support the economy given the private sector ongoing weakness. when that private sector comes back online, that's when you want things to go back to normal. if you actually look at what mitt romney's proposing, again, you're just looking at budget deficits as far as the eye can see. >> well, that to me, that is to me the single most annoying part about our economic debate right now, because i think if you asked mitt romney what is different -- and he kind of said this to brian williams -- is it that he is going to cut the debt, cut the deficit, cut spending. a looked at his plan and i have read the numbers on it, or at least read from people like you who run the numbers, and i see trillions in tax cuts and $1 trillion in spending, at least, he said a gdp much higher than it is now, and he's got gestures towards spending cuts, but nothing anywhere near the size
there we have structural budget deficits, the kind of budget deficits that grow when they should be shrinking when the economy is expanding, and it's exactly -- at a time like this, you actually want your deficits to be large enough to support the economy given the private sector ongoing weakness. when that private sector comes back online, that's when you want things to go back to normal. if you actually look at what mitt romney's proposing, again, you're just looking at budget deficits as far...
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said you'd cut the deficit in half, it's now four years later, we have $1 trillion deficits, the cbo says we'll have a $1 trillion deficit each of the next four years. if you're re-elected, we'll get to a $1 trillion debt. and i love this idea of $4 trillion in cuts. you found $4 trillion of ways to get closer to a balanced budget, yet we still show $1 trillion deficits every year. that doesn't get the job done. let me come back and say, why is it that i don't want to raise taxes. well, i don't want to raise taxes on people. and you said it back in 2010. you said, i'm going to extend the tax policies that we have. i'm not going to raise taxes on anyone, because when the economy is growing slow like this, when we're in recession, you shouldn't raise taxes on anyone. well, the economy is still growing slow. as a matter of fact, it's growing much more slowly now than when you made that statement. so if you believe the same thing, you just don't want to raise taxes on people, and the reality is, it's not just wealthy people. you mentioned donald trump. it's not just donald trump you're t
said you'd cut the deficit in half, it's now four years later, we have $1 trillion deficits, the cbo says we'll have a $1 trillion deficit each of the next four years. if you're re-elected, we'll get to a $1 trillion debt. and i love this idea of $4 trillion in cuts. you found $4 trillion of ways to get closer to a balanced budget, yet we still show $1 trillion deficits every year. that doesn't get the job done. let me come back and say, why is it that i don't want to raise taxes. well, i don't...
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that will go nowhere near closing the deficit that his budget would make worse. so you know, he had a few one liners there but the biggest joke of all is that the very thing he is talking about, he would take us further and further away from. you know, the voters will have a choice and his choice, he may have identified a problem but his solutions are no better than anything we've seen. in fact they're worse. >> that's fair. >> of course it's not fair. it is truthful -- >> what did you hear that would substantively reduce the deficit? >> first of all when he says we need to stop spending money in washington, he's absolutely right. no, i'm actually going to give you the truth. the percentage of spending to gdp is 24%. the average post world war ii average of gdp spending is 21%. we are spending far too much money in these times. so when you say -- >> how is mitt romney going to increase the size of the military and shrink everything else and control the deficit? i can't work that out. sorry. go ahead? >> and he is going to cut taxes. how does he close the deficit
that will go nowhere near closing the deficit that his budget would make worse. so you know, he had a few one liners there but the biggest joke of all is that the very thing he is talking about, he would take us further and further away from. you know, the voters will have a choice and his choice, he may have identified a problem but his solutions are no better than anything we've seen. in fact they're worse. >> that's fair. >> of course it's not fair. it is truthful -- >>...
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we have a big deficit. how about just cutting the deficit through different taxation policies. but the minute you get to the reality of these cuts, and here we are. you like the ryan cuts, you like him cutting things? here's what he's cutting. medicare. explain it. defend it. i think that's the problem romney's going to have between now and november. >> right. and the broader question you just raised, we have a deficit, we have a debt. these have become problematic and everyone agrees with that. then you get into the details of whose option are you going to go for and whose order are you going to protect in order to do something about that? are you going to go after the most vulnerable as the ryan budget does? not only cutting medicare but things like education and other important spending that helps the most vulnerable. or are you going to provide tax cuts for the rich or are you going to preserve some of those programs in order to move toward a society where everybody has an equal shot and chance. they're going to say that the president's trying to scare people, but this isn'
we have a big deficit. how about just cutting the deficit through different taxation policies. but the minute you get to the reality of these cuts, and here we are. you like the ryan cuts, you like him cutting things? here's what he's cutting. medicare. explain it. defend it. i think that's the problem romney's going to have between now and november. >> right. and the broader question you just raised, we have a deficit, we have a debt. these have become problematic and everyone agrees...
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the second part is we need to balance the deficit and deal with it in a balanced way. thiss not a question about whether or not we should reduce the long-term deficit. it's how. the republicans and paul ryan's budget does this, it's a one-sided lopsided approach. they want to take it all out on middle-income amerans. the result is that you are going to have folks on medicare, seniors with a 23,000 median income taking in the burden for increased medical costs because they don't want to ask folks at the very high end to pitch in by closing corporate tax loopholes and by going back to the same top tax rate in place in the clinton years when the economy boomed and we balanced the budget by the end. they all signed a pledge saying they won't close one tax loophole for the purpose of deficit reduction. the first action taken by the house of representatives when the republicans took charge was to change the house rules to say that you don't have to pay for tax cuts for the folks at the very top. you can put that on your credit card. what we need to do is take a balanced appr
the second part is we need to balance the deficit and deal with it in a balanced way. thiss not a question about whether or not we should reduce the long-term deficit. it's how. the republicans and paul ryan's budget does this, it's a one-sided lopsided approach. they want to take it all out on middle-income amerans. the result is that you are going to have folks on medicare, seniors with a 23,000 median income taking in the burden for increased medical costs because they don't want to ask...
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they were deficit financed in the first place. the president is counting on savings from last year when the white house and congress raised the debt ceiling. >> andrea mitchell reporting. lawrence o'donnell asked martin o'malley what president obama should do next time he faces mitt romney in a debate? >> i think the president has to keep doing what he's doing. be truthful about why he made the choices he made. keep talking about the fact we are moving forward, not back with positive job growth. he has to continue to press governor romney that he's not putting forth the specifics of how he would do the various things he promised. it is a choice right now between two alternatives. i think problem's is based on the reality of the decisions we must make together as a people if we want a better and stronger economy. don't miss lawrence o'donnell on msnbc, the place for politics. here is a look at other news. in south carolina, a viole attack caught on camera. a convicted robbery defendant surprised his public defender with a roundhous
they were deficit financed in the first place. the president is counting on savings from last year when the white house and congress raised the debt ceiling. >> andrea mitchell reporting. lawrence o'donnell asked martin o'malley what president obama should do next time he faces mitt romney in a debate? >> i think the president has to keep doing what he's doing. be truthful about why he made the choices he made. keep talking about the fact we are moving forward, not back with...
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the fiscal part of it, tend to associate fiscal problems with deficit. this will be a problem caused by too much deficit reduction too quickly. you got these debates is it a cliff, a curve? a slope? i don't think we know how quickly problems begin. what we do know it's a sufficient contraption, in 2013, within two months, if we don't solve it, we'll need to raise the debt ceiling, tip the country into a recession and the financial markets into chaos. with some confidence and certainty it's a crisis. austerity, we're worried about austerity too quickly. i'm trying as a journalist to give this thing a name of what's going to happen here. >> let's talk about what you written and the election in 2016 as it relates to austerity crisis. you write, there are a number of powerful republicans who would see their futures diamond by a grand bargain that credibly puts deficits on a downward trajectory. so, are you saying people like congressman paul ryan who has been a deficit hawk and campaigned on being a deficit hawk on the romney/ryan taicket do you think he wou
the fiscal part of it, tend to associate fiscal problems with deficit. this will be a problem caused by too much deficit reduction too quickly. you got these debates is it a cliff, a curve? a slope? i don't think we know how quickly problems begin. what we do know it's a sufficient contraption, in 2013, within two months, if we don't solve it, we'll need to raise the debt ceiling, tip the country into a recession and the financial markets into chaos. with some confidence and certainty it's a...
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this is the deficit in '09 when president obama took office and inherited the deficit from president bush. over the next three years president obama cut the deficit by $200 billion just from last year to this year, so the deficit isn't growing. it is shrinking by a lot. seriously. the folks at investors business daily calculated the deficit is now falling faster than at any time since the end of the second world war and falling so fast is might not be able to fall any faster without sending us back into recession. when president obama started, the deficit equalled 10% of the whole economy and now it equals just 7%. so go ahead, boggle your uncle's mind with this chart. the bars below zero represent years when the deficit grew. these bars above zero represent years when the deficit shrunk. we're here right now in the deficit shrunk portion of the chart. the point of the shrinking on the whole chart back to 1950. when somebody stops inevitably matering about the fiscal cliff and the sky rocketing deficit, they don't know what they're talking about and they probably don't know it is wro
this is the deficit in '09 when president obama took office and inherited the deficit from president bush. over the next three years president obama cut the deficit by $200 billion just from last year to this year, so the deficit isn't growing. it is shrinking by a lot. seriously. the folks at investors business daily calculated the deficit is now falling faster than at any time since the end of the second world war and falling so fast is might not be able to fall any faster without sending us...
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first, the president has a deficit reduction plan on the table, a tilted plan to reduce the deficit by $4 trillion. $2 trillion of that has already been enacted into law. that's real progress in paying down our debt in a responsible, balanced way, to ensure that we continue growing our economy, we're taking care of the middle class. now, on the other side, mitt romney has these grand plans of how he's going to balance the budget and adopt the ryan budget to reduce the deficit. there's not one single study out there that shows that the ryan plan would actually result in deficit reduction. >> so is it a false promise? >> and mitt romney can't tell us how exactly he's going to reduce the deficit, other than making these grand promises. so the only -- >> so is that an empty -- >> the only thing we have to look at is his record in massachusetts, where he didn't reduce the deficit. he actually increased the debt of the state. number one per capita in the country. so mitt romney is not coming out of a puff of smoke. he has a record here and we need to talk about that record. we're in the cour
first, the president has a deficit reduction plan on the table, a tilted plan to reduce the deficit by $4 trillion. $2 trillion of that has already been enacted into law. that's real progress in paying down our debt in a responsible, balanced way, to ensure that we continue growing our economy, we're taking care of the middle class. now, on the other side, mitt romney has these grand plans of how he's going to balance the budget and adopt the ryan budget to reduce the deficit. there's not one...
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social security, not a penny to the deficit. medicare, he wants $250 million over a quarter of a year. that saves for medicare. and medicaid is more essential now than it's ever been and it's a key part of obama care. i don't know what mr. plouffe was talking about. i think he got the republican talking points mixed up with his. >> that was my first impression when i saw the videotape as well. the question comes up. what are you willing to accept in a deal when it comes to programs like medicare and medicaid? >> look, this december should be about revenues. then we can go on to have discussions about the long-term solvency and where medicare fits in and the changes coming by 2014 as we move ahead with obama care. but revenues have to come first. they should come first because we hold all the ace s. they don't have to worry about their pledge because they are voting to reduce taxes for working americans. they just can't do anything about the millionaires and billionaires and the unearned income, which is going to go back to clint
social security, not a penny to the deficit. medicare, he wants $250 million over a quarter of a year. that saves for medicare. and medicaid is more essential now than it's ever been and it's a key part of obama care. i don't know what mr. plouffe was talking about. i think he got the republican talking points mixed up with his. >> that was my first impression when i saw the videotape as well. the question comes up. what are you willing to accept in a deal when it comes to programs like...